Tang Zhixue looked curiously at the vast whiteness around him for a while, but once he remembered that he was consuming energy every second, he took his stance and began practicing Blazing Tiger Fist.
In this Dream Space, Tang Zhixue seemed to experience no depletion at all.
After completing a round of the fist technique, he felt a little tired, only to recover to peak condition within a few breaths.
This made his practice much smoother, though after about five minutes, he still had not finished a round.
At first, Tang Zhixue consciously counted how many rounds he had practiced, but as time passed, he gradually immersed himself in the technique and could no longer spare the attention to keep count.
Round after round, Tang Zhixue's fist technique grew increasingly polished with the passage of time.
Meanwhile, in reality, his body gradually grew stronger as time passed. The fat on his body slowly disappeared, and muscles quietly rose in its place.
Inside the Dream Space.
As Tang Zhixue finished another round of Blazing Tiger Fist, a line of text quietly appeared.
[Blazing Tiger Fist · Proficient (1/200)]
"Proficient!"
Tang Zhixue felt invigorated. "Sure enough, when talent falls short, diligent practice is the only way!"
Straightening up, Tang Zhixue surveyed the white space around him and suddenly thought, Can this Dream Space change according to my requests?
"If it can..."
Tang Zhixue thought for a moment, then said tentatively, "This is a grassy plain."
The moment he finished speaking, the whiteness around him faded, and in the blink of an eye, he stood on an open plain.
"Wow!"
Tang Zhixue exclaimed, "That's awesome!"
Then he continued, "A humanoid target appears ten meters away from me."
As expected, a pitch-black humanoid target with a ringed target on its head appeared nearby the next moment.
"Now give me a bow and some arrows."
The bow was the same Wooden Bow he had received as a gift, and the arrows were the same as well.
[Item: Wooden Bow] [Grade: First Tier] [Description: An ordinary wooden bow with average range]
Following the instructions in Linked Pearl Archery, he drew the bow, nocked an arrow, and aimed at the humanoid target a short distance ahead.
Whoosh!
The arrow flew straight out, skimming past the ringed target and flying into the distance.
"Tsk, I need more practice."
Shaking his head, Tang Zhixue drew the bowstring again.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Arrows flew out one after another. From missing entirely at first, he gradually became able to hit the humanoid target, and eventually even struck the nine- and ten-point rings.
[Linked Pearl Archery · Proficient (1/200)]
Compared to Blazing Tiger Fist, his archery improved much faster. Once he grew familiar with it toward the end, he could even fire an arrow every second.
"Phew."
Tang Zhixue lowered his bow and said, "Put the target twenty meters away."
The next moment, the humanoid target ten meters away appeared at the twenty-meter mark.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Three consecutive shots struck the nine- and ten-point rings in succession.
"Tsk, this distance is actually still a little too close."
Tang Zhixue was somewhat surprised. "Then put the target fifty meters away."
This time, hitting it was not so easy.
Tang Zhixue opened his eyes, waking from his slumber.
It took his mind a while to fully wake up, and then only one thought remained: The Dream Space is fucking amazing!
[Name: Tang Zhixue] [Grade: First Tier] [Talents: Vitality Absorption, Diligence Makes Up for Lack of Talent] [Skills: Blazing Tiger Fist · Proficient (1/200), Linked Pearl Archery · Master (11/1000), Pure Heaven and Earth Divine Mantra · Expert (2/500)]
All his energy had been exhausted, and his archery proficiency had risen straight to Master.
Inside the Dream Space, his archery had reached the point where he could hit every shot within a hundred meters, and he could fire three arrows in succession within a single second.
Linked Pearl Archery focused on firing multiple arrows in a short time.
"I can take my bow and arrows with me when I go out today." Tang Zhixue got up and stood beside the bed. "Hopefully, some mutated beasts will turn up."
Compared to those terrifying, hideous strange monsters, Tang Zhixue now wanted to encounter edible mutated beasts more.
He was craving some meat.
After standing there blankly for a while, Tang Zhixue began quietly reciting the Pure Heaven and Earth Divine Mantra, renewing the Shelter's purification effect.
Whoosh.
He opened the Shelter's door, and the light outside immediately drove away the darkness near the entrance.
"Huh?"
As soon as he opened the door, he noticed that the white fog outside seemed to have retreated a little farther than yesterday.
"It should be because the Pure Heaven and Earth Divine Mantra has reached Expert proficiency." Tang Zhixue stepped out of the Shelter, looking thoughtful.
He glanced up at the sky and frowned slightly. "I can't even see the sun."
Ever since the Silent White Fog appeared, sunlight had vanished, completely obscured by the dense Silent White Fog.
But when he looked at the Clear Spirit Trees exposed by the retreating Silent White Fog, a smile immediately appeared on his face.
This way, until he finished chopping down this Clear Spirit Wood, he would not need to recite the Pure Heaven and Earth Divine Mantra again to disperse the surrounding Silent White Fog.
Carrying his Iron Axe, Tang Zhixue walked to the nearest Clear Spirit Tree.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
Compared to yesterday, Tang Zhixue's strength had increased considerably, and his application of force had become much more controlled, so naturally, he chopped down Clear Spirit Trees much faster.
In just an hour, he felled four Clear Spirit Trees as thick as a thigh.
It was incredibly fast!
"Is Blazing Tiger Fist really this powerful?"
Tang Zhixue himself was shocked. He had not expected to be able to chop down trees this quickly.
While searching for Clear Spirit Trees yesterday, Tang Zhixue had discovered that the ratio of Clear Spirit Trees to Thorned Strange Black Trees was roughly one to five.
Although there were many Thorned Strange Black Trees around, there were quite a few Clear Spirit Trees as well.
Tang Zhixue did not need to spend much extra time looking for Clear Spirit Trees, either. He had already located most of them yesterday.
After spending some time chopping down all the Clear Spirit Trees within the area currently free of white fog, Tang Zhixue began reciting the Pure Heaven and Earth Divine Mantra at the fog's edge.
"Hey, a two-meter radius."
Watching the white fog dissipate around him, Tang Zhixue raised his eyebrows. "Pretty good."
However, rather than continuing to recite the mantra, he returned to the Shelter to get his Wooden Bow and arrows.
He had practiced Linked Pearl Archery hard in the Dream Space last night, so naturally, it was time to try it out.
Yet when he saw the Planting Box in the corner inside the Shelter, Tang Zhixue suddenly looked annoyed. "Damn, how did I forget about that!"
Yesterday, because the mutated plants had been eroded by the white fog, Tang Zhixue had barely absorbed any plant vitality, and even when he did, it was to recover his stamina.
But today was different from yesterday. With the Planting Box, he could grow mutated plants inside the Wooden House.
It was when he saw those mutated plants and the Planting Box that he thought of plant vitality, which immediately reminded him that he could use his talent ability to help chop down trees.
"So I just wasted time and stamina chopping trees, huh."
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